The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

Ipt 0A YL ITALIAN OPERA,I )1 , - ` 1 Covent-gar den. Positively the Last Week but One. E x t r a Night. Adeline Patti; Signor Roncon i, Si g nor Ciampi, an d Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (Monday), July 18 (positively for the l a st tirao this season), Ro ssini's O p era, in two acts, IL BAIERE DI SINIGLIA. Rosins, Mdlle. Adelina path;Bertha, Madame Tagiialico ; Figaro, Signor Ronconi ; Bartolo, Signor Ciampi ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafico ; P.orello, Signor Polonini ; barg - ente, Signor Rossi ; and Almavria, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7 s. ; am p hitheatre Nta Is, 103. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, And tickets may be had at the box.-office under the portico of the tnealre, which and is ope n from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellas' liorarians% ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. T HIS EVENIINTG, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'itaffer:y, Mr. Dominick Alurray. Ater which, the new play by John Oxenford, Esi , THE MONASTERY OF Sl'. JUS r : Messrs. Vining, H. 31Ars to.., J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, ~. Seyton, Chapman; Mrs. H. Matston, and Iddlle. Stella kolas. __._.----------- NEW TIiEA'F.B.E-1-t0 YAL, ADELPE.I.— Sale Proprietor and Menagor, Mr. B. Webster. C. IL THI S EVENING, .THE IRISH TIGER. Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Bilhngton. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Y. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson , R omer ; Bliss IVg ar, Miss Denman. Followed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, ti. itorderMiss Woolgar, and .3ars. IL Lewis. of that. True, you are nominally its costae .fans. But all that sort of thing has long ago b oome notoriously a mere pretence. The Age of Duelling has, however, long ago become no less undeniably a thing of the past than the age of Tournaments. Honour, forsooth I—while the lengths we ought to go upon that score might have been estimrited pro• bably by the interval between the point road butt of a knight's spear —they are calculated far more accurately now-a -days by the calico printers' yard measure. And so—let it be understood now once for all—as the great guiding principle henceforth regulating our foreign policy, that tho power ofEng9 land by sea and land shall never be manifested from this time forth, unless it is conclusively shown that its manifestation is imperatively required by co nsiderations of pounds, shillings, and pence. Let it affect merely what is called the National. Honour —andyou may confidently give it the go-by. Let it, on the contrary, bat merely touch the National Pocket, ani—Have at you, one and all, vi et armis, by sea and by land, horse, foot, and artillery. The deputation to Lord PALMERSTON from the Society for obtaining the cessation of hostilities in America is a satisfactory event , an d maybe regarded as a significant sign of the times. It is not likely that at this juncture any effort made on the part of her MAJESTY'S Government could stay the course of the war ; but it seems strange that now, when in all probability the termination of the unhappy contest draws near, Lord PALMERSTON should speak in a somewhat different style from what he has adopted on previous occasions, when the question of the attitude this country should assume in the affair has been broached. The object of the deputation was not to discuss the mat ter politically, but to urge the plea of humanity, and state their opinion that it was considered by many that at present there was so much weariness of the war existing in America, that something might be done to put a period to its disastrous con tinuance. It was their belief that the Government might do good service to the cause of peace by using their influence with the Federal Government to pro. mote the cessation of hostilities. It was further added that the restoration of the Union being per fectly impracticable, the prolongation of the war can only increase slaughter, and add to debt. It would have saved an incredible amount of suffering had the consciousness of this truth dawned upon the minds of many at an earlier period, but there are some lessons that can only be bought by expe• rience, The details, of course, are but too well known concerning the war in America, but still the impressive manner in which some of the lead ing features of this most deplorable calamity are put before us by the members of the deputation must strike home to the minds of all who peruse them. This strife between the rival States will will stand out prominently in history, as among the most fearful visitations that have ever befallen humanity. It has been computed that the destruc tion to human life has been at the rate of ten thousand a week, or half a million a year. There was great force in the arguments used by Mr. SPENCE as to the benefits which would accrue if the termination of the war took place at the in stance of friendly mediation, instead of its termina tion through the exhaustion of either side of the belligerents. Whichever succumbs the worst effects will be produced, and a state of mai• versal peace can not be hoped for. The worst casualty would be if the South succumbed, because all the tyranny of the North would ride rampant over the subjugated soil, and it would, in all pro bability, prove that the Confederate States would. be in a worse position than ever. There would also be great inconveniences if the North were compelled to desist in their attempts to bring the belligerent States into submission. They would become dis united among themselves, and tuture efforts at legislation would be rendered difficult by the re criminations that would ensue, and the discontented spirit that would gain ground. It is impossible to study this subject in its details, and not arrive at the conclusion that great blame rests upon the Government for aot doing something to stay the slaughter at an earlier stage, and to avert the dread ful sacrifice that has been made of life, and the irre trievable injuries done to commerce. It is not at all consistent 'with the position that we ought to hold among nations, to be told that an attempt at me diation would be fruitless, and our efforts to avert the evils that are so conspicuously apparent in this civil war would be of no avail. Lord PALMER. STON in his reply gave his hearers a reasonable ground for supposing that the opinions of the Government had undergone some modifica tion on this subject, but he very carefully abstained from mentioning any precise time at which it might be expected that they would realise the long-wished-for attempt at a settlement of the difficulties that now distract the American conti nent. He gave as his chief reason that they might exasperate the North by so doing, and that " pre mature efforts" would do mere harm than good. It is really strange that the noble lord should charac terise any efforts that have yet to be made as " pre mature." The term is not at all an appropriate one, and it is quite inconsistent to employ it. Still it must have been considered by the deputation as something gained that the noble lord did not reject their proposition as perfectly untenable. There is another circumstance which corroborates the notion that the tactics ot Ministers are Undergoing a change, and that is the fee; of Mr. MASON having had an " unofficial interview" with Lord PALMERSTON the other day, introduced by Mr. LINDSAY. Nothin g definite took place in consequence, but still it is a move in the right direction, and it is not likely that the noble Premier would compromise himself by thus expressing himself if he did not intend to fulfil his promise. It will be a fortunate occurrence if the hopes of the deputation are realised, and some definite attempt is at last made to avert a calamity that seems almost too great to realise from its ex t e nt and magnitude, as well as from its pro- ,ongation. The progress which has been made in agriculture is one of the moat remarkable of the many changsa of our times. It is, indeed, less conspicuous in its action, and less astonishing in its results than many of the changes by which other trades or professions have been influenced. But if the adaptation of steam to farm implements produces less startling consequences than the rapid transmission of hun dreds of persons over land and sea against all opposing infloonen, the work which the giant does in the one case is no less useful than in the other. If the discoveries in agricultural chemistry are at first s ; g i e e less wonderful than the electric tele may possibly pr ove t o b e eventua ll y grap h, they even more beneficial. The dying out of prejudice, under the infi ne nce of increasing and ex t en di ng knowledge, has been one of the great victories of the present ge neration ; and, although it m ay be more indispensable to t ho welfare of a c ountry that Po liti c al ' religious, and moral extinguiEhEd than that in tolerance should be farmers S h ou l d be induce d to follow the most profitable method of working their farms, yet the importance of that improvement is not to be questioned. However valuable may be the rapid transmission of intelligence, or theincreased faci lities for locomotion, yet th e vocation of the f armer i is after all of primary importance. 11 the achieve, Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement of those ce:ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. an't Mrs. Charles Mathews. Production of an entirelV new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F C. purnand, Esq., entitled FAUST AMID • in which Mr. and MrB Charles MAIWISER ITE. Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Dans= and Sons ; the incidental Badet by Oscar Byrne. Amongs t the ar tists engaged will be found the ropular names of 3lr. BeDjaraill Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank 3latthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. Paul ,Bedford, 31r. 'F. Robinson, Ildr. Ashley , Mr. J. Johnstone; iss Ilerbert,-3lrs. Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, 3liss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wet, twortn, Mrs. Stirling, ana Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVENING, at 7, A SIIEEP IN WOLF'S CLOT.LIING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke , and Mr. F. Itobinsoo. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MA&GUERITE : lr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, 31r. Ashley, 131 r. Montague, Mr. W. IL Eburne, Mr. W. Chamberiaine, and Mrs, C. 'Mathews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKLNS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mathews, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth. GOODWOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the best at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. OPERA. and B, ACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht Glasses, in every varie' y of size, form, and mounting, matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness of definition. Frice, from 30s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, IV., corner of Conduit-street. Sole agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic lenses mane by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses mace expressly for India. warranted to withstand the greatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently made for ELR.H. the Prince cf Wales:, though of the largest size, weigh but a iew ounce,. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of !Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of seas SILK i s DtE•;SES, suitatle tor the country an ide, and at the .earing-out pace of only £1 11s. 6d. tile dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r' sen 15 per cent, and it will soon re4ch a far greater per-centage. Alessrs. JAY, thereio,•e, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will natur illy b, more CO,tly a 3 the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LIi,LESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 235. per ton. I Double.. ....... 205.. per ton. Top ‘ , 253. „ Deep ...... ..... 21 s Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, raddins,rton, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. 'Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent 111 E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _L Containing the Latest SPORTLNG DITELLIGENCE, CWI be had Every Evening ot G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 18, 1861. tzmntomETEß. This day at Tao o' clock _ Barometer-30.04. WIND —N.B. ; light breeze and very warm. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 12h. 503:I.—Afternoon, lh. 20m, ro-molutow.-Morning, Ih. 45m.—Afternoon, 2h. Stn. *r. 4 4 . 1 . 40 . " ILA •"N‘ l 44114 LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1864. The doonothing system in politics turns out, after all, to be by far the best. Never mind what you came in for. Forget it. Undertake, when once you are in, to do anything but that. Supposing, for example, just by way of argument, that you came into office distinctly for the purpose of carrying triumphantly through both houses a really good Reform Bill. Shelve it—put it aside altogether—that is, the notion of any Reform Bill at all. Supposing even (agaio, of course, purely for the sake of argument) that you have ousted your predecessors in office from power because the Reform Bill they could have carried, through Goth Houses, if you would only have let them, was, when you came to look at it, really not by any means good enough. For your selveso—when once you are comfortably settled down into your places—quietly cushion the whole subject, by submitting no-Reform Bill whatsoever to either Lords or Commons, no reform of any kind, partial or comprehensive, good, bad, or indifferent. Supposing the man of men amongst the whole of you had con trived to persuade people of all parties.both in Portia ment and out of it, that he at least, if nooneelseamong our public men, was staunch to the backbone, to the core of his heart, through every fibre of his being, as the greatest of all living Leaders as a Reformer. Supposing this arch advocate among the champions of Reform had himself been the one to place your opponents as mere would* b e 3,eforrnees in a minority by moving a series of c j e cerly contrived Abstract Resolutions. Let hira as the sequel to those Resolutions—on the ex puibi.ort f ro m of fize of your b e f ore - mentioned worsted pretlecese.o rs ..—let him, this a rc h-Ch ampion of Re forna, the staunchest of all staun c h R eformers, b e raised from the Commons to the Lords, be re -warded with a bran new Earldom, be invested witty the George of Diamonds and the blue•silk rib'bon of the most noble Order of the Garter. And then, w h en hi s own career has been thus satisfactorily accomplished—let him dry those eyes of his, for once and for all, those eyes that were wont to shed tears at the failure of his is at abortive efforts as a Reformer. And let him hush up the babble of all those who would fain pro'bably follow steadily in his footsteps (as a Re forint.i.) by that last charming little axiom of his, e , Rest and be thankful!" No matter what inv . !' din as constructions may be Put _ upon such pro eeeedings as these by some vexatious mal conients—pay no heed to theta whatsoever. The cc , a ,:e you have chosen may be mean —but it will sucge d. Thus much in regard to your rule of con duct internally—that is, in respect to your wisest sch srne for carrying on safely the affairs of the Home Government. Now for the best plan among all conceivable plans upon which to construct the foreign policy of the country, in regard to that—start, first of all, upon the diEs tiot:t understanding that you shall eerutinize and generally estimate all foreign questions from a purely commercial point of view. Never mind troubling yourself about, the honour of the country —see what will pay—and w hat wont. The honour will take cars of itaelf—rear perfectly well satisfied IHE MIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1804. ments of skill and discoveries of human intelligence are useless unless those who design and those who profit by their labours are alike supplied with provisions of mother each. Agricultural chemistry may be less attractive as a study than the deeper and more imposing sciences of geology and astro• nomy, or chemistry itself in its more enlarged ap plication, but the rapid advance made of late years in the production of food proves that it is at least a profitable study. For many a long day it was the fashion to regard farmers and agricultu rists generally as men behind the age, who obsti nately refused to move from the beaten track. But it is not so very long since the application of steam and other advantages were recommended, and already they are becoming popular. Agricultu rists of this day are no longer a class by them. selves, shut out from the general progress of en- lightenment. :As the rest of the world has advanced in knowledge and intelligence, they have advanced too, until there is no reason to fear that any scheme for the improvement of farms or farming stock will not obtain as fair a hearing as in any other profession. Much of this beneficial change has pro bably been due to the influence of agricultural shows and societies, which have brought men together from distant parts, to exchange opinions and expe rience, and to see with their own eyes practical proof of the advantages recommended to them. The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, which has been held during the past week, is one of these occasions, and it was in this instance peon- ,arly interesting from the fact that it had not been held in that town for nearly twenty years. The meetings of the Royall Agricultural Society are held yearly at different large towns throughout the country, and it is thus often a good many years be t ween the celebrations at any particu:ar spot. In 1846 the first meeting of the society was held in the very town where they have been now assem blin7, and the eighteen years that have elapsed' since then have witnessed a degree of progress which would then have been scarcely credible. Some of the theories then in their infancy have nom become the recognised practice of the day, such as the theory of deep drainage then just becoming known, which is now an established principle. Since 1846, too, the use of artificial manures has become general, and this has undoubtedly much to do with the improvement in our crops. The effect of steam-ploughing is as yet hardly to be seen, but there can be no question of its beneficial result upon heavy clay land, and when it gets into more general use its influence will soon be apparent. At the trial last week some of the engines tried produced an astonishing effect, moving the soil to a great depth with wonderful rapidity, and leaving it thoroughly pulverised. No horse-power could have accomplished the same work. The special peculiarity of the steam-plough is the great depth to which it turns up the soil, a result of considerable importance hardly to be attained by other means. Altogether the trial, so far as as it went, has tended to strengthen the favourable estimation in which these ploughs are already held, and will probably do much to remove the prejudice yet lingering in the minds of some against their_use. This is one of the advantages of such a gathering, and its members can look back with pride to the work accomplished since their meeting. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREIJTEE'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. CROOKHAVEN, JULY 18. The extra steamer Sidon, which left New York on the afternoon of the 6th inst., was intercepted here this morniflg. Her news has been fully auticipted by the Africa. CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOU niAMPTON, JULY 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 75 passengers, £220 in specie, and precious stones to the value of 3,500r5. ; jewellery, 2,570r5.; musk, 1,800; coral, 1,000. Sho brings also a general cargo, including 1,204 bales of silk, which latter are estimated at the value of £115,000. On the 13th inst. the Poonah spoke the ship Patrician, of Newcastle ; on the 14th inst. the schooner Pride of the Isles; and on the 16th the steamer Peninsular. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50k; exchange on Paris, Of 310; Marseilles, Of 32c ; Madrid, at eight days, par, FRANCE. BOURSE, July 16.—The market has been very inanimate, but prices well supported. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 45c. Alobilier. which at first declined, now show a slight improve ment, being at 1,027 f. 50c, Railway Market quiet but firm. The market closed as follows :- 4t per Cents. 94 10 Italian Loan 6B 05 Do. sad month.... Do. end month 6B 30 3 per Cents • 66 35 Ditto Threes .. Do. end month.... 66 45 New Mexican .... 57 25 Credit M0bi1ier....1032 50 Russian Do. end m0nth....1030 Austrian Bank Shares 3400 Spanieh Threes..., Credit F onoier 1225 home Debt Roman atTs. Cash. Account. 0 rlean.s ~... 877 50 .. 875 Northern .... 977 50 .. 976 25 Lyons and lieditananean 900 .. 897 50 New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 355 .. 350 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 5?O .. 528 75 Ditto to Barcelona - .. 255 —• RA IL bag, owing to some rumour on board, he called the officer who gave it to him to examine it before send ing it on shore, when it was ascertained that it had been opened, the despatches taken out, blank paper substituted, and the bag resewed. The bsg originally contained the despatches from Admiral Pinzon to his Government and the private letters of the fleet. It has not transpired yet who the per petrators of the robbery are, but we presume an official investigation will:lead to an exposure of the guilty persons. For so far the purser is the re sponsible party, he having been entrusted with tho bag, but his responsibility is merely to the company, and ho may be able to show that he is entirely innocent of blame; but the company being respon sidle for the acts of their employs, will be held answerable by the parties directly interested, and no doubt the whole effAir will prove a very dia -1 agreeable elle to them. LITERATURE. In the Silver Age : Essays, that U, Dispersed Me ditations. By Holme Lee, author of "Maude Talbot," &c. Two vols. Smith and Elder. Novel readers have been indebted to Holme Lee for many pleasant stories, cleverly told, but the happiest effort of this charming authoress is the very delightful collection of essays and meditations on men and things now issued in two elegant volumes, entitled " The Silver Age." Often, says the authoress in her preface, while writing fictitious tales, she has felt an inward prompting to do some• thing better t and hero, in the " Silver Age," this " better" achievement is before us. It contains (adds the introductory comment) the experiences of a working woman's life, and let us add, also, the ex.- periences of a thoughtful mind and tenderly sensi tive nature. By the way of example, let us quote the following very observant remark— " Bid we profit genuinely by the experience of other per. eons, or even by our own, thought I, we should very early in life give up rejoicing or disquieting our hearts about what is unsure. But, as it is universal, no doubt that it is best that ; like children, we should be driven to our imper fectly-conned lesson egain and again ; that we should have our smiles and our tears continually diverted by sudden shocks of surprise, and that still, like children, we should have courage left to make for ever new starts to repair false starts; while our capacity for hoping and fearing stays by us to the last throb of the pulse. Half our life is lived in the vain expectation or dread of what never comes to pass. Young, we lay out long before us a pleasant story sunny-bright and flowery-gay with love, sympathy, and tenderness, which is to be our life-story ; later, we toil and vaguely trouble in prospect of a dreary volume of labour and care 'which we believe ourselves doomed to travel through ; and when we least dream it God writes an inexor ablefini.s on the glowing page, and in a moment takes away the volume that wo thought too hard, and gives us quite another task and leaves us to it. By this time we might have learnt that all our planning and all our shying are lees than nothing to Him who disposes—but have we ? I can not remember that I ever yet met man or woman so old, dull, or world-weary that he or she had not some ray of forlorn hope still held in front that the fair.t breath of life kept stirring; and beyond its doubtful attainment a schema." One of the most charming chapters in the work is filled with tender reminiscences of the writer's mother, of whom the following touching little glimpse is given— "' By great sorrows the heart is protected against small ones, by the waterfall against the rain.' It must have been in this wise with my mother. She was not a woman of many words or of any complaints. What came was by God's permission, what went was by God's will. Ido not think she ever philosophised over the hardships of her life save in this simple Christian fashion; and though to the narrow world outside her home she might seem not to have so many causes of thankfulness, yet she was always thank ful. It is only ourselves that know what we have been spared. Happiness, she taught us, was not the main pur suit of life, but duty ; and her example went even beyond her precept. To do her best and trust God for the result was her visible effort no less than it was her constant coun sel and consolation; and to the very last God redeemed the promises made to those who put their confidence in Him by maintaining in her a quiet heart." The revelation of the treasured hoards of the poor mother—little reminiscences of her children's lives, their early endeavours at letter writing, &c.—is very naturally and tenderly described. Full of feeling and full of wisdom, too, are the thoughtful recollections and fanciful imaginings of Holme Lee, and the " Silver Age" will give pleasure to many readers. Holiday Papers. By Harry Jones, M,A. One Vo' Pp. 431. Hardwicke. It was holiday work for the author to pen these very delightful essays, and it is asauredly holiday work to the reader to peruse them. They are con spicuous especially for the sound common sense by which every opinion is dictated, and by the quiet fund of humour by which every chapter is enlivened. As an example of both qualifications combined let us select at hazard the following happy descrip- Lon DENMARK AND GERMANY, Some further correspondence relating to the Danish question has been published. The despatch. of M. Monrad to M. de Bille, dated Copenhagen, June 28, has already been made public. The reply of the British Government to Bishop Monrad's remarks is contairt- d a in the subjoined despatch, which will be - read with much interest : EARL RUSSELL TO SIR A, PAGET. " Foreign Office, July 6, 1864. " Sire—The Danish Envoy in London has placed in my hands a despatch which he has received from Bishop Mewed, of which 1 send you a copy. "Hex Majesty's Government sympathise with the King and people of Danmark in the severe trial which they have been obliged to undergo, Her Majesty's Government recognise the justice of many of the reproaches addressed by the Danish Government to the Powers which, having been parties to the Treaty of London, have departed from its provisions, and, under the guise of a Federal execution in Holstein and of a temporary occupation in Schleswig, have in effect subverted the authority of the King of Denmark in these two Duchies. " But it is of urgent importance to Denmark that the Danish Government should look their present situation in the face. When during the Conference the Danish plenipotentiaries declared to the pleni potentiaries of her Majesty that the lines of frontier proposed by the German Powers could not be no oeptea.byDenmark, her Majesty's plenipotentiaries felt obliged to ask them how the Danish Govern ment could expect better terms by war. "Accordingly, the possession of Duppel and of Alsen—which the Prussian plenipotentiary, sup ported by the Austrian, proceed to recommend their Governments to leave to Denmark, if Denmark would at once accept a frontier line to the north of Flensburg—is now out of the question. A few days of war have dispelled all hope of the renewal of Count Bernstorff's proposal. " The latter part of Bishop Monrad's despatch ox. presses the hope that the Powers which have shown so great an interest in favour of Denmark during the negotiations will not abandon her during the war. _ _ " It is true that the neutral Powers,moved by an earnest desire to preserve the independence of Den mark, and by admiration of the gallant struggle made by a brave nation in so unequal a contest, have endeavoured most zealously to obtain for the Danish Government such terms of peace as the manifest superiority of Austria and Prussia in arms and the views entertained by Germany would allow. But I beg . to remind the Government of Denmark that while her Majesty's Government, in conjunc tion with the other neutral Powers, were unwil lin g to urge upon the Danish Government the accep tance of terms which that Government dee med in compatible with the safety and honour of Denmark, her Majesty's Government have never engaged themselves, nor can they now engage themsel ves, to support the Danish cause by force of arm s, or to impose upon Germany the conditions sugge sted in Conference. " You will read this despatoh to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and give him a copy of am, &e. (Signed) ItTJSBELL. The Chineha Islands—Robbery of Despatches The Panama Star and herald of Ju ne 21 con• tains the following account of the robbery of de spatches sent from the Chincha _Wands by Admira Pinzon to the Spanish Government :-- " Whoever the guilty parties robbery may be, we canno but look upon such a as an exceedingly disgraceful one to those conce rned in it, as it in volves innocent and uninterested people, and sub jects them to most disagreeable accusations. Sus picion, we are told, rests on some of the passengers, who were said to b 3 sent as spies by the Peruvian Government; but we cannot believe that the Govern ment of Peru would resort to petty theft, either directly or indirectly, to effect such an object, and instead of believing that the robbers are emissaries of the Government, we prefer thinking they are ad venturers, who hope to secure some such information as may be worth something to them hereafter. Whoever or whatever they are, We hope they will be discovered and punished, and that thus all blame will be taken off the innocent persons who are now responsible for the theft. We learn from M. do Zeltner, the French Consul at this port, that his despatch bag from the commanding officer of the French vessel of war at Valparaiso had also been opened on board, and that t h e usual official de spatches for his Government, the French admiral, and himself bad been extracted, nothing being found in the bag by hi m b u t private letters. M. de Zeltner exhibited this bag to the British Consul and the commander of the _British ship-of-war De vastation, who both concur iu the belief that the seal had been broken and the bag rifled of its eon. tents. A good deal of talk has occurred in our usually quiet city by the report that the despatch bag of the French Consul from the Spanish Squad. ron at the Chinches was broken open and rifled of its contents on board the Panama Steam Navigation Company's steamer Chile. The facts connected with the affair, as far as we can learn, are as fol lows:--Whilst at Pisco an officer of the Spanish fleet gave a closed despatch bag to the commander of the Chile, requesting it to be delivered to the French Consul at Panama. Capt. Sivell, as is usual in such cases, gave the bag to his purser, instructing him to place it in the safe, which he did,. On arriving at Toboga, suspicions being eniertalued by the captain Lid to the safety of the Royal Agricultural Show at Newcastle, The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at New castle-upcn-Tyne, which commenced on Wednesday last, is one of the most successful that has been witnessed for some years, if duo allowance be made for the locality and its dis tance from the southern and central portions of the king dom. The show of stock is one of surpassing excellence, and that of implements very littlo behind it. Indeed we may say tbat the display of the latter was equal to that of stock, taking into account the implements and machinery worked by steam power and used for the cultivation of the Tho entries cf implements and machinery were some what smaller than they were last year at Worcester, a fact easily accounted for by the great distance of Newcastle from the localities in which most of the manufacturers re side. Still most of the leading firms were represented at the show. The trial of steam implements naturally created a great sensation, and was witnessed by those who had a more than ordinary interest in it with considerable anxiety. The scene of the operations was on the farm of Mr Jamieson, Burton, near the town of Newcastle. The field was well chosen to test the working part of the implements. The competitors were Messrs Garrett and Son, Mr John Fowler, Messrs. Howard, Messrs Coleman, Mr Savory, Mr Collin son Hall, and Messrs Richardson. The latter, however, simply put in an appearance, but did not work. Lots were drawn for positions, and the ground was divided into an acre each, or thereabouts. This was on Tuesday, and the trial was simply a preliminary one, to try the paces and working powers of the implements. Still, it indicated in some measure the winner, and was watched with the utmost attention. The judges noted down every particular, and their award must depend upon several circumstances which do not come under the notice of the mere looker-on; such, for instance, as the consumption of fuel of each engine in doing its work, and wear and tear, the draught, the simpli city of construction and arrangement of each apparatus, and the ease and facility with which they can be managed by the ordinary man of the farm, besides others not neces sary to mention. In addition to the steam implements, there were 17 swing ploughs, 30 wheel ploughs, five subsoil ploughs, and five diggers, The judges of the steam ploughs are Messrs. C. S, Read, H. B. Caldwell, Professor J. Coleman, F. Serburne, jun., and D. li. Clark, C.E. The judges of the horse ploughs are Messrs, T. P. Dod, E. "Wortley, and T, P. Outhwaite. The show will be open to the public to-day, when the judges will award the prizes for live stock in the yard on Town Moor. NEWCASTLE; Sunday Evening. The trials of implements at Burton have been on a great scale. Splendid weather has set in, and the show opens to morrow with great attractions. A railway accident at Washington to the Scottish express from London proved disastrous to a staff of reporters engaged for the Newcastle Chronicle. Mr Clarke, the editor of the Christian Times, and three assistants with him, Messrs Clarke, Elliott, and Callingham, were cut, bruised, and disabled. Other re porters have been telegraphed for to London: Mr Cowen at once placed the injured gentlemen under medical care, They are happily doing well, and have no limbs broken. Though more hurt than any other passsengers, their friends need not be alarmed for their safety. THE HEALTH OF lIIS HOLINESS.—We have re ceived letters from Home, says the Monde, dated the 4th inst. The writer was an eye-witness of the follow ing circumstances . , which occurred on that very day, and which is a fresh proof of the perfect restoration of the health of our Holy Father the Pope. Mgr. Lynch, Bishop of Charleston, at the close of a private audience with which ho had been favoured by the Sovereign Pointiff, requested and obtained permission to present to his Holiness several Americans who were desirous of obtaining the blessing of the Common Father of the faithful before leaving the Eternal City. Among them was Dr. Elisha Gregory, an eminent medical man of the town of St. Louis (Missouri), a convert of some years' standing. The Bishop of Charles ton mentioned, while presenting him, the high position which the doctor occupies in his native town, and the Christian charity which he practise there. His Holiness asked the doctor several questions, especially about his visits to the hospitals in Rome. Then holding out his arm, he said in the hearty tone which is so natural to him : " You are a doctor : feel my pulse." With a sang froicl truly American, the doctor did so at once, and as carefully as if he had been among his ordinary patients. " The news papers tell me every day that I am at death's door ; what is your opinion, doctor !" The latter was silent ; his head was bent, and though his countenance was calm, he seemed absorbed in deep thought, " I know," continued tho Holy Father, " that I must die when God shall will it, but I don't feel exactly like dying at the present moment." At length the doctor raised his head : "normal condition 1" said he, "that pulse is strong and betokens perfect health. There is not the least sign of malady." They, says our correspondent, who have had opportunities of observing the demeanour of the Holy Father during the long and tedious, ceremonies of the late season, or who have heard his voice, as full and as sonorous at the end as at the commencement or who have had the happiness of converging with him in private, will feel no astonishment at the reply of the American doctor, and all who are devoted to holy Church praise God for having thwarted the desires and imagina tions of the enemies of our IA oly religion, POKING TIIE TIRE. Nothing can be more irritating than the feeble, incom plete way in which people poke their fires. I cannot bear to look at them; But I don't know which is worse, the indecisive "potter," or the ignorant, inartistic " smash " which batters down the pregnant covering of caked coal into black confusion, lotting the precious materials of a blaz escape unignited up the chimney. To stir a fire perfectly, requires the touch of a sculptor, the eye of an architect, and the wrist of a dentist. I never saw it done thoroughly well above a dozen times in my life ; and although there are approximations more or less distant, within the reach of ordinary men, do not suppose that the process is a simple one, capable of being performed in a single operation. There is the tap, when the fire has eaten int) the heart of a big upper boulder-coal, and its opening chinks require but a slight shock to part, and let the imprisoned flame spring forth. There is the lift, when the poker acts as a lever to the crust, and lets the rich bosened fragments drop into the red-hot cavern. There is the stir universal, when the mass has been loft too long, and requires a thorough mixing. There is the ventilating poke, when the roof of the fabric has fallen heavily in, and the struggling flame has hardly power enough to overcome the incumbent mass, In this case the poker must be moved slowly, and left for a minute between the bars after the movement has been made. In contrast to all this is the procedure of a woman; who is thus deflned by an Irish archbishop : " woman, a creature who does not reason, and who pokes the fire from the top." Here again is a capital sketch of 7EIE DECISIVE NURSE. " The decisive nurse is never peremptory, never loud. She is distinct, it is true—there is nothing more aggravat ing to a sick person than a whisper, but she is not loud. Though quiet, however, she never walks tip-toe ; she never makes gestures ; all is open and above-board, She knows no diplomacy or finesse, and of course her shoes never creak. Her touch is steady and encouraging. She does not potter, She never blows her nose in a subdued, provokingly imper fect, and considerate sort of way, but honestly, and in a natural tone. She never looks at you sideways. You never catch her watching. She never slams the door, of course, but she never shuts it slowly, as if she were crack ing a nut in the hinge. She never talks behind it. She never peeps. She pokes the fire skilfully, with firm judi cious penetration. She caresses one kind of patient with genuine sympathy ; she talks to another as if he were wall. She is never in a hurry. She is worth her weight in gold, and has a healthy prejudice against physic, whioh, how. ever, she knows at the right time how to conceal." Among the other essays are some.very.discrimi native remarks of different temperaments, the hesitating temper, £co., and altogether these holiday papers present us with a charming variety of wise and whimsical comments on matter of general interest and importance, THE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE QUESTION.—Tho Lords Commissioners of her Ma. jesty's Treasury have decided not to carry into effect at present the alterations in the rates of postage on letters addressed to the Australian colonies and to New Zealand, by packet and by private ship, which were ordered to take place on the Ist instant ; and a Treasury warrant has be issued reimposing the old rates of postage of Gd the ez letter, via Southampton ; 10d the os, letter, via Mar seilles ;Gd the ca. letter by private ship. These rates must be paid in advance as heretofore.--By command of the Postmaster-General,---General Poit-cface, 16th July, 1864. GAME PEOSPECTS.--We are happy to say that all our reports coincide in the pleasing conclusion that the breeding season for all kinds of game has been the best we have had for the last four years. About the Cumnocks, Auchinleck, Fenwick, Kilbirnie, - West liilbride, &c., all our reports concur that this will be the best season since 1850. The coveys run from four to ten, and will average about seven, all well on the wing already and finely grown, and, if the present fine weather continues, will keep a re spectable distance from the sportsman on the 12th. In Wigtownshire our reports place the grouse in as favourable a light as in the north-east of Ayrshire. —Ayr dclveritser. The Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife, is to have a statue in Paris, on the square before the Alma Bridge. DENNAR X AND GERMANY, (From the Special Correspondent of the limes.) ELSINORE, July 13. The announcement of the formation of a nevi Cabinet, under the presidency of Count Carl Moltke, which was made in the semi-official organ, the Berlingske Tidende, on Sunday evening last, and which I communicated in my Monday's letter, turns out to have been premature. Oa the evening of the same Monday, after the departure of the mail, it was understood that the new President would be not M. Moltke, but M. Biuhme. The intelligence has since been steadily confirmed. This m ero per• sonal modification, however, does not alter the tendencies of the new Council, which remains, as it was, the Peace Ministry. M. Moltke and M. Q uaade continue to b 3 attached to the Cabin.?.t as " Minis. ters without a portfolio," and will, it is said, with or without that title, go forth as diplomatic agents to the Courts of Barlin and Vienna, Paris, and London. T::e whole of the Danish nation, from the King to the last drummer iu the army, seems now fully aware that the war was a " m.istak©" from the beginning; a mistake arising, in January last, from an expectation of foreign support, which turned out to be fallacious ; and grounded, in June, upon the necessity of breaking through the tram mels of neutral diplomacy, and joining issues with the enemy, so as to stand face to face with him alone. Denmark could hardly hope to swim out of the deep waters of her present difficulty so long as her hands were helplessly clinging to the broken reed of foreign mediation. Once more a free agent, Denmark may hope to obtain from the Germans a new truce bearing all the character of a real and per• manrnt armistice ; an armistice either contracted for a specified term, say of nine months, or at least not to expire without one month's notice. It is ex pected that the terms of this new armistice will be on the part of the Austro-Prussians the evacua. lion of Jutland and the release of the Danish prisoners of war; on the part of the Danes, the raising of the blockade, and the restitution of the captured German vessels. It would not be easy to say on what ground the hopes of the Danes for so advantageous a respite may rest. All that they seem positively to know is that they neither can nor will fight any more, and it is perhaps allowable to presume that war cannot go on on one side only, and that even Germans will be loth to strike where they meet with no re sistance : " Memo in terra," as the old Italian saying is, " non fa piu guerra." There are other reasons, however, besides this somewhat blind trust in the magnanimity of what has been hitherto rather an ignoble foe, to induce a belief among the Danes—a belief that their sitna tion is by no means so desperate as it may seem, and a hope that they may after- all yet fall on their feet. I saw yesterday a gentleman of very high rank in this country, a gentleman brought through his connections into close intimacy with the Courts and Governments of Germany, and especially of Prussia. lie bad seen M. von Bismark very lately, and had a higher opinion of that statesman's rectitude and moderation than the world at large is disposed to entertain. M. von Bismark, this gentleman says, does not conceal or disguise his desire that the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein should remain, as they now are, in Prussian hands. Could any amount of political skill or military strength enable that ultra-Conser. vative statesman to annex those provinces to the monarchy of Brandenburg, the material interests of his own State would be paramount with him over every other consideration but he sees enor mous difficulties in the attitude of foreign Powers ; by no means re-assuring, in spite of the hesitation of long suffering England and of the ominous re ticence of designing France—difficulties in the dispo sition of mind of the SchleswigsHolsteiners, who give unequivocal signs of their aspirations to inde pendent existence, and of their stanch devotion to their proclaimed D eke. Sooner than allow either Augustenburg or Oldenburg, or any other idol of the people or minion of Russia to aseend the Ducal throne, M. von Bismark, his friends and admirers aver, would wish with all his heart, and would strive with all his might, to bring back the Duchies under the allegiance of Denmark. The Prussian Cabinet have not so good a reason to be satisfied with the behaviour of the minor German Princes as to evince any anxiety to add to their number, nor do the:, feel a sympathy with the leaders of the Demo cratic party, the agitators moving Heaven and earth in the name of nationality, and threatening the peace of the country in the name of Vaterland, to wish to give them a rallying point, a natural chief and standard-bearer in Kiel, to accustom the German people to look upon Schleswig-Holstein as their own handiwork, to identify it with their great re volutionary schemes, a monument of what united Germanism was able to achieve, and what it might hereafter aspire to. The Prince of Augustenburg always flattered himself he could rely on the goodwill of King Wil liam of Prussia ; but the King's favour will avail him but little without the good pleasure of the Prime Minister, It was not without reluctance, because with no hope of any immediate advantage for the Prussian Monarchy, that M. von Bismark allowed himself to be dragged by popular clamour into hostilities with Denmark. So long as the Eider- Danish Party lorded it over, aud, as it were, " terrorised " Copenhagen, neutralising the peace ful intentions and the German sympathies of the Court, any good understanding betwen Denmark and Prussia was too plainly out of the question. But now all is changed ; the Prussian army, by its ex ploits at Missunde, at Dybbol, and Ale, has not so much defeated the Danish troops, as it has routed the revolution both in Denmark and Germany ; it has secured in favour of the Prussian Prime Miniss ter the mastery of the situation. A Cabinet with such men as M. Moltke or M. Bluhme at its head comes into power with views professedly opposite to those of his predecessor. Had either of those two gentlemen held the supreme power in his hands instead of M. Hall or Bishop Monrad, there would either never have been a subject of collision between Germany and Denmark, or the latter would have so framed her policy as never to supply the former with a pretext for hostilities against her. What could not be done in 1862, or in September, November, or January last, may, the Danish friends of peace expect, be achieved at the present day. The Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein may return under Danish allegiance on conditions securing a perfect political as well as administrative autonomy in their favour. Denmark will desist from any'of those denationalizing attempts which set her German subjects so strongly against her Government. The cause of nationality, as represented by the rabid EidereDanish party, will receive a blow in Denmark which will by a conirecoup be equally felt among the hair-brained demagogues in Vaterland. It Denmark chooses as leaders of her Government men according to M. von Bismark'ke own heart, the worst causes for the dissatisfaction of • that mighty statesman against her fall to the ground ; a natural understanding, alliance end solidarity be tween the two anti -revolutionary Cabinets are esta blished ipso facto, and the stronger party can hardly do less in support of the weaker one than to enable it to hold its head above water, by the recovery of those Duchies, without which all government in Denmark, or indeed the very existence of the coun try, would become an impossibility—those Duchies which Prussia does not well see how she cats keep for herself, and which she is equally unwilling to make over to an enfant gate of rampant demagogy ' or to a mere t ool ' of Russian ambition. n MALT FOll. FEEDING CATTLE.—An experiment was concluded in Cumberland last week which ib interesting to farmers and others, r.s showing the feeding properties of malt and barley. On the 9th of April last eight Irish heifers, as near equal in quality, size, and weight as it was possible to find them, were fastened up in the pre mises of Mr Wyndham, brewer, Cockermouth, to fatten. Four of these were fed upon barley and four upon equal measures of malt. The result at the end of 13 weeks was in favour of barley by 301 b upon the four, which sold for L 6 10s. more money than those fed upon malt. The owner lost hs, per head by the experiment. It is rumoured that Mr Fechtor intends to pro duce the " Lady of Lyons," and that be is looking for a lady to play Pauline to his Claude lidelnotte. lie has not at presenl accepted any country engagement. ;The London Review states that Mr. and Mrs. Wigan are looking out for some building in London which cau easily De crAverted into a acrii4l and eleip%ht theatre. f rrk,' f.; ,1 71 tz., `lt ZZ;I tririnbt HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 1& Prince and Princess Leiningen dined with her Majesty yesterday. Major-General Sir Henry Storks arrived at Os borne from London, and returned to-day. JULY 17. Her 'Majesty the Queer, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Bea trice, and Princess Louis of Hesse, went on board the iron-cased ship Prince Consort, off Osborne, yes' terdsy afternoon. The Queen embarked in the royal yacht Fairy at ,he Osborne pier, and was conveyed in the barge 'rem the Fairy to the Prince Consort, after inspect ug which her Majesty returned ashore in the same manner. The suite in attendance consisted of the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lieutenant - General the Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General Seymour. Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena is confined to the house by an attack of scarlatina, but in a mild form, and all the symptoms attending the complaint are very satisfactory. _ The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marl borough House on Saturday, for the White Lodge, Richmond-park. Messrs. E. Emanuel, of Portsmouth, had the honour of submitting, for the inspection of the Prince of Wales, the gold vase manufactured by them for the Goodwood race meeting of the present year. The Prince and Princess of Wales have honoured Mr. Desanges with an inspection of the picture he is now painting of the royal wedding, and with sittings for their portraits. Accouohement of the Princess Coltilde, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, July 17 (Morning). The Princess Clotilde gave birth to a son last night at eleven o'clock. Marriage of the Marquis of Hastings and Lady Florence Paget. Lady Florence Cecilia Paget, only daughter of the 'Marquis of Anglesey by his second marriage with Henrietta, fourth daughter of the late Right Hpe• Sir Charles Begot, was married on Baturday last at St George's Church, Hanover-square, to the Mar quis of Hastings. The marriage was a hurried and unexpected one—more particularly, it would appear, to the connections of her ladyship, none of wheel were witnesses to the ceremony. The marriage took place by licence, the Rev. John Knire, M.A. , curate of Welleaborne, Warwickshire, officiating. The bride was given away, in the absence of her noble father, by Capt. Frederick Granville, a mutual friend. Lady Edith Abney Hastings and LadY Bertha Clifton, sisters of the noble bridegroom , were present, together with Viscount Marsham, and Mrs Frederick Granville, Miss Congreve, Wilkinson, Mr F. J. Blake, Bce. Mr Blake was the marquis's best friend on the °cession. The attesting witnesses to the marriage register were Lady Edith Maud Abney Hastings, Mr Fre' derick Granville, and Viscount Marsham. After the ceremony th© noble marquis and bride left town by special train for his ancestral seat , Donnington Park, near Ashby de La Zouch, Lei' cestershire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale gave a grand dinner on Saturday even ing, at Orleans House, Twickenham, to meet their Royal Highness the Duke and Duchess de Chartres, There were present to join the circle his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs Gladstone, Lady Molesworth, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison and Hon. Miss Ellis, Lord Houghton, Mr Panizzi, Mr and Mrs Holford, the Right Hon Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Mr and Mrs Morier, an d Duparqui, in waiting on the Duke and Duchess da Chartres. Prince Paul Esterbazy left town on Saturday morning for Vienna. The Duke of Devonshire, accompanied. by L ora Edward and Lady Louisa Cavendish, left Devonshire House on Friday for Chatsworth, Derbyshire. The Marquis de Salamanca, Monsieur Delahaute , and Monsieur Daugny have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury enter' tained the Duke of Rutland, Lord and Leaf Carington, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lord and Lady Abinger, Lord and Lady R. Cecil, Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs Disraeli, Major-General the Right lion r . George Forester, M.P., Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Di Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., Mr and Hon. Mrs Willie° Rose, and Miss S. Dashwood, at dinner on Saturday lag' at the mansion in Stratford-place. THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITETTION.—The Seamen's Association at Drontheim, Christiansundt and Nalesund, in Norway and Sweden, have, through. Ig r W. Tottie, the Swedish Consul General, forwarded the handsome contribution of £59 13s to the National Lifeboat Institution, in admiration of the great and importa at ser: vices which its lifeboats have occasionally rendered W tbelf countrymen shipwrecked on the coasts of the United 3V l3 . ir dom. Last winter the Southport lifeboat of the institarl °ll saved, during a very heavy gale of wind, 17 persons from the barque Tamworth, of Skien, Norway. LORD PALMERSTON, AS USUAL, OVERSET 334 VICTORY !—The congratulations of friends and foes which he received in state at his party on Saturday nigh t have mounted into his brain, says a shrewd observer in the Spectator, and brought out again traces of that cavalier On contemptuous manner which contributed so much to his in' in 1858. On Tuesday night, in answer to a question to the bad faith of the Brazilian Government towa,-ds emancipados, Lord Palmerston enumerated the twent y of the Brazilian circumlocution office, by which alone the' slave, after working out his lA years' apprenticeship, Celt gain his freedom, and stigmatised the bad faith of that 12 1.° ` ceeding much as it deserved ; but when Mr Seymour FitE gerald, who, with Mr Bright, appears to regard all stroa censure of foreign Powers, however much they may ha° deserved it, as menaces, remonstrated, Lord Palruerstols put him down savagelyand blunderingly by regretting was so ignorant"—Mr S. Fitzgerald having called forth this illogical snub by Raying that he did not dispu te Lord Palmerston's statement, Lord John Manners the° took up the fight and wondered that Lord Palnsersf ett should have quoted from an unofficial Brazilian paper oft ef what the Ministry—we believe Mr Gladstone—had said i: 3 ; the late debate about "the ribald trash of the foreign press° Lord Palmerston then s hied the blue book L in which thil newspaper extract had been embodied across the table t 9 Lord John Manners in a huff, and altogether left an ivi pression on the house that he had lost his head and temper with his fears. THE CONVICT MUTINY AT PORTLAND P R ISOI4: -.4 The feeling of insubordination among the con vicis at the convict establishment here, in consequence of the i t troduction of the new dietary system, still continues to 11 " exhibited, although no outbreak has taken place eitLce day. Every day large numbers of the men refuse to vie r. .; al:eging as an excuse that not sufficient food unde r the e" dietary system is given them to keep their strength up. T i o Tuesday a largo body of men ref us e d to le a ve their 613e';`a after dinner and resume work, and it was not until the at of the military was obtained that they would resume 'Wet Almost every hour men arc marched back handcuffed to fh; prison, and from inquiries wo have made we are infornae!: that about 230 have turned refractory and are now confin: in their cells. The ringleaders of the riot on Tuesday 6r; recover i ng from the injuries which they received at °I h an ds of the civil guards. It was expected that on Te ars : lo tt ;day, Friday, and Saturday the men would again turn nous, as a number of them were severely whipped ott a ttrt o days, but such was not the case. This . i s n o doubt b u table to the fact that the guards have received order s g t fire upon the convicts should another outbreak take 1/ 1ec ,, 0 , ' an d also to the excellent arrangements which have h'-a made by Captain Clay, the governor of the priseu , 0 i Captain DuCano, director of convict prisons, the latteroo whom is now engaged in instituting inquiries rcspe ctin6 outbreak, and in awarding punishment to the evil"eillia Every precaution has been taken to suppress a revolt alf y tu one unfortunately take piece, two detachments o f the r Regiment being stationed in the vicinity of conv ict lab one one ove,rlooking the batteries on the east side of the and the other near the West Quarry, where th e outbroa.lslan P: on Tuesday commenced. In addition to this force thereat; a strong picket of the civil guard in the tower should 11' assistance be neefed. The insubordinate convicts are cr at fined to their cells and dieted on bread and water: v wLile thus treated wale of them are very yivlent. Ro The entitle shows i aPpliCal o'lB dm. as this I the bro . relax Li for first have be The i Imperil featly to ann c of busi ence of crease strengt exercis by th 12,500 tin to Nvritin fracti o expen balan, the p recom To di` free oi issue, per at 2d an reseri balm loss 1 12s 1, June, direct Petra Esq., Ernie teleg Heal Th and I for t] Anni to 3s Cent beer hey ( Imp ahir alte rat( Val Pia pre